ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA 1. Lost his job 2. Got defeated for legislature 3. Started business and failed 4. Wife died of a fatal disease 5. Experienced nervous breakdown Contested in election for speaker in legislature and lost Tried for nomination in a political party and lost 8. Applied for post of Land Officer and lost 9. Contested for senate and lost 10. Contested for vice president and lost 11. Again Contested for senate and lost AND TWO YEARS LATER….. ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA ABRAHAM LINCOLN

FAILURE Does not mean (X) It means (4) You are a failure You have not yet succeeded You have learned something You have accom- plished nothing You have to do it in a different way You will never be able to do it You are not perfect You are inferior You have to start afresh You have wasted your life

FAILURE Does not mean (X) It means (4) You should try very hard You should give up It takes a little longer You will never achieve God has a better idea! You will get the idea if you have faith in Him God has abandoned you

WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED NAME WHAT WAS HE/SHE? WHAT DID HE BECOME? ALBERT EINSTEIN ORDINARY PATENT CLERK WORLD FAMOUS SCIENTIST ABRAHAM LINCOLN POOR FARMER’S SON PRESIDENT OF AMERICA GOLDAMEIR AVERAGE SCHOOL TEACHER PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FRANKLIN. D ROOSEVELT SICK AND BOTH LEGS PARALYSED PRESIDENT OF AMERICA HOMER BLIND GREATEST GREEK WRITER HELEN KELLER BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB RENOWNED WRITER DEMOSTHENES NERVOUS STAMMERER WELL KNOWN GREEK ORATOR BEETHOVEN DEAF RENOWNED MUSIC COMPOSER THOMAS EDISON MATRICULATE GREATEST INVENTOR

WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED NAME WHAT WAS HE/SHE? WHAT DID HE BECOME? M.S. OBEROI SIMPLE CLERK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHAIN HOTEL OWNER IN THE WORLD K.K. PATEL SON OF AN ORDINARY FARMER LARGETS SELLER OF NIRMA WASH -ING POWDER (Rs. 1200 CRORES TURNOVER) TOPIWALA FRESH MATRICULATE WITH INITIAL INVEST-MENT OF Rs. 100/- NOW SELLS RS. 5 CRORE WORTH SHINGAR BINDI PER YEAR MALATHI HOLLA POLIO STRIKEN (25 SURGERIES DONE) GOT 150 GOLD MEDALS IN DISC THROW, ETC. SHARD KUMAR DEEKSHIT 2 HEART ATTACKS; CRIPPLED IN LOWER SIDE OF THE BODY; VOCAL CORDS REMOVED PERFORMED 45,000 SURGERIES FREE OF COST C.N. JANAKI BOTH LEGS POLIO FAMOUS SWIMMER, NAME IN BOOK ‘SPECIAL PEOPLE’ BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY

INSTEAD OF BLAMING DARKNESS EVERYWHERE, LIGHT A CANDLE IF YOU CAN! STOP BLAMING; INSTEAD TAKE ACTION

G O D Generate enthusiasm Operate your potential Destroy negative attitude G O D

When I was an young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I could’nt change the nation I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an elderly person I realise the only thing I can change is myself.

CHANGE – CAN BEGIN ONLY WITHIN AND FROM YOU And suddenly I realise that if, long ago, I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family, My family and I could have made an impact on our town, their impact could have changed the nation. And I could have changed the world. - An unknown monk 1100 A.D. CHANGE – CAN BEGIN ONLY WITHIN AND FROM YOU